CONTEMPORIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contemporize mean? 

• CONTEMPORIZE (verb)
  The verb CONTEMPORIZE has 2 senses:

1. happen at the same time

2. arrange or represent events so that they co-occur

  Familiarity information: CONTEMPORIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTEMPORIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they contemporize    ... he / she / it contemporizes   
Past simple: contemporized   
Past participle: contemporized   
-ing form: contemporizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Happen at the same time

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

contemporise; contemporize; synchronise; synchronize

Hypernyms (to "contemporize" is one way to...):

come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Arrange or represent events so that they co-occur

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

contemporise; contemporize; synchronise; synchronize

Context example:

synchronize biblical events

Hypernyms (to "contemporize" is one way to...):

arrange; order; put; set up (arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something